Hat-packing ring



A (No Model.)

W L. T. HALLOOK. HAT PACKING RING.

.No. 603,445. Patented May 3,1898.

axwanfoz- LEE T HALL'OCK.

v ,UNITED STAT-Es: PATENT O FICE,

"LEE tT. .HAL LO O-KQ OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

HAT-PACKING RING.

srncrncnrron fom'ringpart 6r Letters Patent No.-03-,4 15, dated ma a, 1898.

Ap plioation met tanmy z, 1897. set-511m. 620,174, (No model.)

To all. whom it may concern;

' Danbur'y, in the countyof Fairfieldand'State Rings, of p which the followingis 'a specifica- .felt hats;

of Connecticut, have invented certain new [and useful Improvements in Hat-"Packing t'ion.'

provements in hat-packing. rings and stays,v

such. as are used inv the shipment of ordinary It is the object of my inventionto improve upon devices of, the above class-by producinga. ring the upper and lower edges ofwhih shall be broaderthan any now upon themarket, thus afiording, a larger and flat bearing-- surface for the hats when placed therein, conse'quently makingsaid ring less liable to mar and injure'the hat.

pon the wompanyin w fo a part of this specification, the same letters of reference denote like or corresponding parts upon 'the'se'veral 'figures, .and ofwhich Figurel shows a perspective view'ofone of my improved hat-rings complete. Fig.2 2

" showsa detailed sectional view illustrating.

the first operation upon the .edge of the strip;

Fig.- 3' is a similar detail cross-sectional View showing a further stage in the formation of my ring. Fig.4 is a cross-sectional view of the completed ring as shown in Fig.1. 'In the production of a ring of the class mentioned it is first desirable to produce a ring having abroad top and bottom edge,iagainst'f which rests the brim of a hat; second, to

provide a narrow bearing-surface upon the.

a iriside of the ring for the crown of the hat,

and, third, to provide a narrow reinforcement upon theoutside to strengthen the ring and to improve its appearance- All of the above accomplished in the production of my ring.

Referring 'to the characters of reference marked upon thejdrawings, A indicatesv the ringas a whole, and RE the upper and lower edges thereof. j As willbe seen, the 'construc in that only one edge is finished, while the ottom' edge. is ordinarily left raw, The stays arealso wider than the rings.

v 1 i I of the-drawings. My invention relatesto new and' useful im-s' IO "as by-meansof I hollow beads therein.

. v j j .My preferredform-of ring is produced from Be it" known that I, LEE T. HA LOcK,-a citi- T zen of the UnitedStates, and.a resident of a strip of pasteboard by runningit through;

suitable machinery wherein the raw, edges of said strip are turned over flat, as at C, upon the main body andupon the outside of the" completed ring. to a-widthof substantially three-quarters of aninch, as-shown in-Fig. 2

v Said double edgeG is then vturned backward to the opposite side of the,

stripyproducing a finish D of ab t quarter of an inch or less upon the inside of the vcompleted ring and a, top or edge finish .E of'pract'ically the same-or a little wider than the above inside finish. The'stock, as will-beseen, is thus four thicknesses thick upon both the top and bottomedges. In all instances the'edge of stock operated upon is rolled down firm,- and, when of the proper material, will-remain in'said positionso long, as

the-ring isclosed, it being understood that ,rings' of this class are usuallymade i-ngsui-table lengths and then closed by joining the connecting ends in any suitable manner, such desired, r

. -I am aware that it is old to curve the edges of hat-rings and also to roll them over to form glue, cement, or an eyelets-as My invention does not residezin eitherof theseforms of-construction, but resides in -a novel construction formed by doubling up the edges of 'the stock to forma broad flat top and bottom edge, as

shown in the drawings:

- Having-thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A hat-packing ring edgesof which are reinforced by turningthe said flat doubled edge turned backward to form'a fiat-top surface, as shown.

; SignedatDanlniry, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, this 226.- day C. M. NEWMAN, HOMER W.-STURGES..

. i 99 formed fromasinglej strip of j-pasteboard, thefupper' and lowerstock over flat upon both the in'andout side thereof, substantially as shown.

. 4 objects-haye been desirably and efiectively- 2. A hat-packing ring or stay, the" edge ofwhich is laid over flatuponone side, andthen' 

